Alert archive / Alabama / Flash Flood Warnings in 2002
Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this flash flood warning at Jul 20, 2002, 5:42 PM CDT for Conecuh County, Alabama. It was in force for 93 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 20, 2002, 5:42 PM CDT (22:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 20, 2002, 7:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 93 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Conecuh County, AL
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 190 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 769 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -68 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1070 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 33 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS54 KMOB 202242 FFWMOB ALC035-210015- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 540 PM CDT SAT JUL 20 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... EASTERN CONECUH COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF EVERGREEN * UNTIL 715 PM CDT * AT 538 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN NEAR OWASSA...OR ABOUT 5 MILES NORTH OF EVERGREEN...MOVING SLOWLY SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH. * THE THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL AFFECT MUCH OF CENTRAL AND NORTHERN COVINGTON COUNTY THROUGH 630 PM. ALABAMA STATE TROOPER HAVE REPORTED BOTH LANES OF INTERSTATE 65 WERE COVERED WITH WATER...AND THE INTERSTATE WAS CLOSED NORTH OF EVERGREEN NEAR OWASSA. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS, ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK HIGHER GROUND. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MOBILE. LAT...LON 3158 8691 3145 8713 3130 8699 3145 8673
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS74 KMOB 202255 FFSMOB ALC035-200015- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 550 PM CDT SAT JUL 20 2002 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM FOR CONECUH COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA... AT 550 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUING MOVING SLOWLY SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATES 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE AREA OVER THE PAST 3 HOURS. ALABAMA STATE TROOPERS ARE REPORTING THAT INTERSTATE 65 HAS BEEN FLOODED 4 MILES NORTH OF OWASSA...CLOSING BOTH LANES OF THE INTERSTATE. REMEMBER...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RESIDENTS LIVING IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...MOVE QUICKLY TO HIGHER GROUND AND NEVER DRIVE INTO AN AREA WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MOBILE.
000 WGUS74 KMOB 210029 FFSMOB ALC035-210045- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 725 PM CDT SAT JUL 20 2002 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CONECUH COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA WAS ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 715 PM... ...NO FLOODING PROBLEMS ARE BEING REPORTED IN CONECUH COUNTY AT THIS HOUR... ...ALABAMA STATE TROOPERS REPORT INTERSTATE 65 IS OPEN FOR TRAFFIC... AT 720 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED RAINS DIMINISHING OVER CONECUH COUNTY...WITH ALL OF THE HEAVY RAINS SHIFTING WELL SOUTH AND EAST OF CONECUH COUNTY. NO ADDITIONAL FLOODING REPORTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FROM CONECUH COUNTY. NO ADDITIONAL FLOODING PROBLEMS ARE ANTICIPATED THIS EVENING.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 19, 7:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | 29 min | |
| Jul 19, 8:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | 35 min | |
| Jul 19, 9:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | 38 min | |
| Jul 20, 1:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | 42 min | |
| Jul 20, 3:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | 26 min | |
| Jul 20, 4:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | 42 min | |
| Jul 20, 5:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | 27 min | |
| Jul 20, 5:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | 47 min | |
| Jul 20, 5:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | 28 min | |
| Jul 20, 5:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | 51 min | |
| Jul 20, 6:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | 28 min | |
| Jul 20, 6:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | 24 min | |
| Jul 20, 6:45 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 60 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Alabama, 2002Every flash flood warning in 2002
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.